iPhone 15 Pro Max may get the world's thinnest screen bezels

Is there a point when vanity overrides practicality? No current iPhone models have “fat” bezels that detract from the phone’s appearance. I personally like having at least enough bezel so 1) you can mount a phone case that protrudes enough above and around the front of the screen to protect it in a fall and 2) you can handle the phone without constantly touching the screen with your fingers.

I know the form factor of general appearance of all smartphones has converged to the point where there are very few things the different vendors can do to make their products stand out from the crowd, with one exception. The backside camera array appearance has mostly been driven by functional requirements related to optics. It would be nice if some thought could be put into making the back side a little less goofy appearing. The iPhone Pros look like a fish that’s been biologically mutated from exposure to runoff from a nuclear accident. Some consideration should be made for allowing the phone to be laid flat without wobbling if you don’t put it in a big rubbery teletubbies case. 

Some balance needs to be reached on the overall design. The front of the iPhone is looking pretty darn good these days. Apple’s investments have paid off. Instead of focusing on minutiae like razor thin bezels on the front, assign someone from the design team to take a look at the back side of the iPhone and come up with a way to unravel that mess. 

Phones are just about small iterative changes by now, with the camera being the most interesting one for users.
I have the 13 Pro and I usually skip at least 1 generation. Curious if phones ‘help’ RealityOS or whether their XR devices will run autonomously.

As they learn more about how we hold and use phones, bezels get thinner. Manufacturers of accessories also learn how to make them with these thinner bezels. It’s not a problem. How does one hold a Samsung phone with curved screen edges? How do manufacturers of holders for those phones make them? Apple won’t have that problem, so I’m looking forward to it.

as far as thickness goes, that’s not a problem for me. I also don’t mind the camera bump. A few mm one way or the other doesn’t matter to me. I’m far more concerned at how extra thickness will help the camera. To me, that’s far more important.

I totally dislike the idea that Apple will differentiate new technologies between the Pro and Pro Max models. If that were to come to pass, then Apple should call its two high end models the Almost Pro and the Pro Max.

My wife gets my last year's iPhone and has gotten to liking the iPhone ** Pro Max models as the screens are larger and thus easier to read. I get the new one every year. One of her girls get the drop off the chain phone.....